Should I start John Metchie III or Joshua Palmer in Week 7?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on John Metchie III, and the board ranks him 212th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Joshua Palmer at all right now: live drafts have stopped taking him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for John Metchie III is 0.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

No season market is posted for Joshua Palmer, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 6

Through Week 6, John Metchie III has been on the field for 35 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 8.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 5 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 3 of 5 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 6, Joshua Palmer has been on the field for 37 percent of BUF snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 0 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 23.5 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against NE he caught 1 of 4 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he caught 1 of 2 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 John Metchie III played 16 games and scored 71.9 PPR points, 4.5 a game, finishing WR87.

He caught 33 of 48 targets for 274 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.0 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 8.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 43 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Joshua Palmer played 12 games and scored 52.3 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing WR105.

He caught 22 of 37 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 5 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 59 percent catch rate and 13.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 46 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

John Metchie III was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 John Metchie III scored 4.5 PPR points a game and Joshua Palmer 4.4, 0.1 a game between them.

John Metchie III finished WR87 that year and Joshua Palmer WR105.

John Metchie III had 11 more targets than Joshua Palmer, 48 to 37.

Joshua Palmer had 29 more receiving yards than John Metchie III, 303 to 274.

This season Joshua Palmer holds the bigger snap share, 37 percent against 35 percent.

This season John Metchie III holds the bigger target share, 9 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

John Metchie III is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Joshua Palmer.